Half to



(No Model.)

J. A. PBER.

ROLLBR SKATE.

Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

Wz'Zfl ws es dull/04 (;4 M :Ltwah NITED Sfrn'rns JOHN A. PEER, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV Arnsrr illusion YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ROLLER-SKATE.

EJPZCIFICATION forming p'art of Lettere Patent No. 339,318, datec'i April 6, 1886.

Application filed January 18, 1855. ScrialNo.1F9,014. (X model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. PEER, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

My improvernent relat-cs particularly to skates usually terrned roller skates.H

I will describe in detail a ska-te embodying my improvement, and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of a Skate embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front or end view thereof, a certain part being` broken away. Fig. 3 is a view of certain parts detached, and Fig. 4 is aview of a skete of modified form. Y

In the example of my improvement shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, A designatcs a foot-plate, and

B designatcs the. runner of the skate. The

said foot-plate and runner may be of any desired construction, and secured together in any suitable manner.

F F' designate bearing-pieces. Said bearing-pieces are made each of a single piece of sheet metal, which is stamped np and then bent into the required form. The bearingpiece F in this example of my improvement is secured to the runner B of the slrate near the forward end thereof, and the bearing-piece F' to the said runner near the rear e'nd thereof. They are clainped upon said runner, as here shown, by means of bolts and nuts, said bolts extending through suitable apertures in upwardly-extending lips or lugs f upon said bearing-pieces, extending upon both sides of said runner. These bearing-pieces are each provided with downwardly and obliquely ex- 40 tending portions, which, as will be seen, incline in opposite directions to each other. These obliquely-extending portions have upon their lower sides loops G, formed by bending the metal of which the bearing-pieces are composed.

Between the loops G is a space adapted to receive axles G' and cushions or Springs H. A pin, g, extends through each of the loops G, and also through transversely-extending apertures in cases or shells G2, mounted upon the axle G'. These pins extend loosely through said apertures, so that the axlcs are capable of a fore-and-aft movement thereon. I prefer to provide said axles with notches or grooves, into which the pins g may be slipped. By this 5 5 means endwise movement of the axles is prevented.

Journaled upon the axlcs G' are wheels or rollers I.

The cushions or springe H are placed with- 50 in the cases or shells G2, and beneath laterallyextending fianges j ou the bearing -pieces, formed by bending outwardly certain portions of said bearing-pieces. These fianges operate as stops to resist tra'nsversc tilting movement of the foot-plate relatively to the axles, or conversely. Between the loops G and the runner of the skate the' portions of the metal forming the bearing-pieces are bent inwardly toward each other, and may be sccured together by rivets or otherwise. The pieces of metal so bent form shoulders s, upon which the runner rests.

In the example of my improvcment shown in Fig. 5 I have shown the bearing-pieces as secured directly to the footplate of the skate, no runner being present. The bearing-pieces here shown are like those previously described, except that instead of clamping them about the runner of the ska-te they are seeured to the foot-plate by means of screws or otherwise extending through apertures in lugs forming portions of the bearing-pieces.

By forming the bearingpieces of one piece of metal, and stamping and bending them into the required shape, great strength is atta-incd with but little waste of material, while the cost of the bearing-pieces is very slight, and, being made of malleable metal, they are not easily fractured.

That I claim as my iuvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a skate provided with a runner, the combination of bearingpieces formed of single pieces of metal, and comprising the loops G, lugsf, and laterally-extending flanges,j, of axles supporting rollers, and Springs or cushions between said a-Xles and the flanges j, substantially as specified.

2. In a skate, the combination, with rollers journaled upon axles, of bearing-pieces for supporting the samc,consisting of single pieces IOO of Sheet metal Stamped and bent into the resaid axles independent of Said bearing-pieces qui-red shape, cases or sbells mounted npon and extending` into Spaces formed therein,

said axleS independent of Said bearing-pieces Springs or cnshions Within said cases or Shells,

and extending,` into Spaces formed there-in, and and looking-pins extending through said bear- 15 5 Springs or cushions Within said cases or shells, ing-pieces and cases or Shells for looking the substantially as Specified. axleS against endwise movement, snbstantially 3. In a Skate, the combination, with roilers as speoified. jonrnaled upon axles, of bearing-pieces for JOHN A. PEER. supporting the San1e,consisting of single pieces TitneSSeSz io of sheet metal Stamped or bent into the re- JAS. R. BOWEN,

quii'ed shape, cases or shells mounted upon R. J. CODY. 

